Bigger Classes Are The Answer

December 18, 1995|The Morning Call

To the Editor:

The Allentown School District should not build another school. We are being told that the proposed $10 million school is necessary because of the projected growth of the numbers of students. But, projections also indicate that the increase will be temporary.

The ASD should tighten its belt and make the necessary adjustments to accommodate this situation rather than strap the taxpayers with more taxes on top of taxes that are already 50 percent higher than surrounding districts.

"Adjustments" simply means that class size will increase. ASD class sizes are currently 25, and could easily go to 30 without a problem. Sure, the administration and the teachers union don't want more students per class, but schools all over the country have 30 and even 35 per class, and the kids get just as good an education as those schools with 25.